Elementary · Washington
Custer Elem
Free meals for allCuster Elem, a public elementary school in Custer, Washington: grades k–5, 392 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ferndale School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 392
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.6
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 15.7 · 1,220 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 405 · 1,229 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Washington's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Washington: 51%40%proficient
−9.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 50% · 1,114 elementary schools compared
174 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%44%proficient
−5.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 46% · 1,111 elementary schools compared
172 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Ferndale School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ferndale School District.
Location
- Address
- 7660 Custer School Road, Custer, WA 98240
- Phone
- (360)383-9500
- City or town
- Custer
- County
- Whatcom County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cascadia ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 440 | 15.3 | 31% | 36% |
Eagleridge ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 457 | 17.0 | 39% | 32% |
Skyline Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 496 | 17.7 | 42% | 41% |
Mountain View ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 101 | 9.4 | — | — |
Central ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 315 | 17.4 | 51% | 41% |
| Pre-K–2 | 419 | 16.6 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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